Stockport Heritage Trust is a charity set up in 1987 to promote and encourage the regeneration of Stockport's heritage. This blog is a forum for news, discussion, and information.
If you wish to know more contact us at stockportheritage@gmail.com

Sunday, October 12, 2008

This year's Mersey Basin walk was around the picturesque Reddish Vale,led by Kath Taylor, and assisted by Paula Rands and Kevin Dranfield.Kath had gone to a great deal of trouble to give us a history tour of the Vale, starting as far back as the 17th century and progressing to the modern day.The weather was perfect and the foliage exquisite. Thank you Kath for a very enjoyable trip out.

Anyone wishing to become a member of the Stockport Heritage Trust and find out more about the outing we organise, see the Trust website www.stockportheritagetrust.co.uk

Wednesday, October 08, 2008

The Logging of the graves in St. Mary's Church Yard is into it's second year and two members of the team recently gave a talk, to the Friends of Stockport Cemeteries, about there progress.

Starting with the north side of the church, they have devised a plan of all the gravestone locations, transcribed the text on them and photographed any interesting ones. The next stage was to enter all the information gathered into a database.

Having completed the north side, and the 'Secret Graveyard' they are now ready to start on the south side of the church.

As the upkeep of the graveyard requires volunteers and gardening tools, any offers of these would be welcomed.

More information can be obtained from the church, open on all market days.